Shiori Usui

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Shiori Usui is a composer of contemporary classical music, improvising musician and music animateur based in Scotland. She is originally from Japan.

Career[]

Usui's music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles around the world including BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Cottbus State Theatre Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, A Far Cry,[1] Collegium Novum Zurich [2] and Artisan Trio, and with conductors such as Ilan Volkov, Martyn Brabbins, Peter Rundel and .

In 2018, Usui's composition "from scratch" was awarded the Scottish Awards for New Music for large ensemble and she was shortlisted for the Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards by the .[3]

In 2017, "from scratch" was performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Usui as a vocalist with conductor Ilan Volkov at Tectonics Glasgow festival.[4]

In 2016, Usui won a publishing deal with Ricordi Berlin.[5]

In 2015, Usui's music "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l." was performed at the BBC Proms by BCMG and conductor Franck Ollu.[6]

In 2013 – 2014, Usui was awarded the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Sound and Music composer-in-residence,[7] and Scottish Chamber Orchestra Connect Fellow funded by BBC Performing Arts Fund, for working with children with additional support needs.[8]

In 2012, Usui's composition 'Warai' received the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. In the same year, Usui was awarded a Civitella Ranieri fellowship in conjunction with UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary.[9]

As an improvising musician, Usui has performed with artists and groups such as Arve Henriksen, Ilan Volkov, Rie Nakajima, Lee Patterson, Cato, Grey Area, BCMG and Collegium Novum Zurich.[10]

As a music animateur, Usui has worked as a fellow in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's outreach and education department, worked in various projects with school children and has had a training with Musicians Without Borders Edinburgh.

References[]

  1. ^ Weininger, David (4 April 2011). "A Far Cry ventures from 'In Digestion' to Schoenberg". Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 January 2016 – via  – via HighBeam (subscription required).[dead link]
  2. ^ "Das Fremde kennenlernen – mit dem Collegium Novum | NZZ".
  3. ^ "Shiori Usui. Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards - Shortlisted 2018". . Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 3 – Hear and Now, Glasgow Tectonics Festival 2017, Episode 2, Tectonics Festival 2017 – Shiori Usui performs her piece 'From Scratch'".
  5. ^ "RicordiLab winners have been chosen". www.ricordi.com.
  6. ^ "Proms 2015: Betsy Jolas – Wanderlied (UK Première), Shiori Usui – Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. & Joanna Lee – Hammer of Solitude (World Premières)". 31 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Deep – World Première". 29 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Gauche the Cellist". 7 March 2014.
  9. ^ "UNESCO-Aschberg Fellow". Civitella Ranieri Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
  10. ^ "1. Biography/プロフィール". shioriusui.com. 30 August 2012.

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